OHIO HOUSE 61st District Three candidates are seeking the Republican nomination for the two-year seat:

RON BARNHART
Age: 56.
Home: 301 N. Bayshore Drive, Beaver.
Employment: Planning administrator for the village of Lordstown.
Education: Woodrow Wilson High School graduate.
Family: Wife, Connie; six children.
Priority: To make Ohio a right-to-work state, and that school taxes should come from sales tax rather than property taxes.
HEATHER PLUES
Age: 29.
Home: 10232 Salem-Warren Road, Goshen.
Employment: Service manager at Das Dutch Haus.
Education: Attended Allegheny Wesleyan College, graduate of Salem Wesleyan Academy.
Family: None.
Priority: To attract jobs to the district.
Candidate Randy Pope of Alliance did not return a questionnaire to The Vindicator.